Mataban District

Matabaan District Degmada Matabaan
District
Matabaan District Location in Somalia
Coordinates: 5°12′N 45°32′E / 5.200°N 45.533°E / 5.200; 45.533
Country	Somalia
State	Hirshabelle
Region	Hiran
Government
• Type	Mayor-Council-Commission
Area
• Total	9.7 sq mi (25 km^2)
Elevation	330 ft (100 m)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Area code	252

Mataban

Mataban District (Somali: Degmada Matabaan) is a district in the central Hiran (known as Lanqeyrta Mataban) is a region of Hirshabelle state of Somalia.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

It is 75 km from Beledweyne, the capital of Hiran.

References

1. https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/S_2019_884_E.pdf, Archived 2021-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
2. Report: Radical Somali Fighters Moving into Central Regions
3. "Report: Radical Somali Fighters Moving into Central Regions". Archived from the original on October 28, 2019.
4. "Aqriso magacyada iyo beelaha ay kasoo kala jeedaan wasiirada Hirshabelle". 21 February 2017.
5. "Aqriso liiska: Sida beelaha loogu qeybiyey xildhibaanada maamulka Hiiraan iyo Sh/Dhexe". 19 September 2016.
6. https://geographics3.org/geographic_names/nameamazonaws.php?uni=com/ww-4571098&fid=5785&c=somaliaarticle-cache-1/so/Cayr ^{[dead link]}
7. "Qaabka Qabiilada Sh/Dhexe iyo Hiiraan Ay u helayaan Xildhibaanada oo la soo Saaray". 20 September 2016.
8. "Mataban, Somalia - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates". Ali jama. Retrieved June 7, 2024.